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Wyer
plus
1972
Journal
25
2 km NE of Concepcion, Depto.
Concepcion, Paraguay
17 July vine, dense trees, a thicket growth of
wild pineapple & a more eerie appearance
than the forest we passed thru to the south.
Most shrubs are thorny. There is not really
a canopy, though, this could be due to
selective cutting. Species different
seemed higher than in the Chaco; few
tree & had lost all their leaves, & those
where shrubs & tree blooming, tho not
many. There are several lakes, both
natural & manmade, but none more than
an acre or more than 3-4m deep. We decided
to set one - with of these hundred square
feet of open water, & an equal area
of bunch grasses growing out of water.
We saw a lily padded seep swamp, mostly
dried up, & numerous watering
little mudlidges for the cattle. Put
out (thunderly) 25 snap traps at a
grassland-forest edge. No net results.
18 July 1 set - a hopping small carnivorph, in
the traps was spine, otherwise looks like
an immature probiscyphy. Spent the
day working along a rd which traverses
the ranch, starting from the folding (road
from the air strip) 8 km W to the R. Paraguay,